STATEMENTS
QUESTIONS
COMMANDS
FROM REPORTED TO DIRECT
mistakes correction
100

He said: "I will be here early tomorrow"

He said that he would be there early the following day.

100

"Who owns this dictionary?", asked the teacher.

The teacher asked who owned that/the dictionary.

100

"Do as I say" said the instructor to the little kid.

The instructor told/asked the little kid to do as he/she said.

100

THey asked me if I wanted to see the cathedral.

"Do you want to see the cathedral?", they asked me.

100

He said what was that noise

He ASKED what that noise WAS

200

He said to us: "I would like to thank you all for the present that you sent me"

He said to us (he told us) that he would like to thank us all for the present that we had sent him.

200

"Are you going to let me in or aren't you?" she said.

She asked whether I was going to let her in or not.

200

"Come here, boy", the old lady said.

The old lady asked the boy to go there.

200

I told them I had finished my school project the day before and had nothing to do at that moment.

"I finished my school project yesterday and now I have nothing to do", I said.

200

We asked if did they want to come with us.

We asked if they WANTED to come with us.

300

I said: "Mary, I came here to meet your parents, not to see your friends"

I told Mary that I had gone there to meet her parents and not to see her friends.

300

"Did you see what I saw, Joe?" he said.

He asked Joe if he had seen what he had seen. / He asked Joe whether he had seen the same as him.

300

"Don't wait till tomorrow", the advertisement said, "send the coupon today"

The advertisement told people/us/readers/viewers not to wait till the following day and to send the coupon on that (same) day.

300

The policeman asked my father to show him his driving licence and my father asked if there was anything wrong.

"Show me your drining licence, please, sir"/ Can you show...., sir?" / Will you...." asked the policeman to my father.

"Is there anything wrong, officer?" asked my father.

300

The bus driver said to everybody to not stand.

The bus driver ASKED/TOLD everybody NOT TO stand.

400

"This mirror is there so that you can see yourself when you are dancing, students", said the instructor.

The instructor said to the pupils /told the pupils that the/that mirror was there so that they could see themselves when they were dancing.

400

"Are you being attended, sir?", asked the waiter.

The waiter asked him/ a client/ the customer if/whether he was being attended.

400

"Can you please bring my bag, which is on the shelf in the hall?" my mother said.

My mother asked me to get/fetch take her her bag, which was on the shelf in the hall.

400

He told me he had been ill for a couple of weeks.

'I've been ill for a couple of weeks.'

400

His secretary asked when was he leaving

His secretary asked when HE WAS leaving

500

She said : "I'll come with you as soon as I am ready, and right now I am not ready"

She said that she would come with us/him/them... as soon as she was ready and that she still wasn't ready/ that she wasn't ready yet.

500

"I've just received my son's school report. Would you like to see it?" she said."No", I answered.

She said that she had just received her son's school report and asked me if I would like to see it/ wanted to see it. 

I answered/ replied that I wouldn't/ didn't.

500

"Wear a wig and nobody will know who you are", said Mr Puigdemont's personal advisor.

Mr Puigdemont's personal advisor told him to wear a wig so that nobody would recognize him 

500

He wanted to know his Math exam result but the teacher apologized and said that she had not finished checking them yet.

"Can I know my Math exam result?" he asked.

"I'm sorry but I haven't finished checking them yet", answered the teacher.

500

He asked me that if did I want a beer and I answered that sorry I don't drink alcohol.

He asked me if I WANTED a beer and I REFUSED and said that I DIDN'T DRINK alcohol .

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